Execution Trader

Execution Trader

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We’re looking for a dynamic and motivated Execution Trader to join our well‑respected trading team. Cross‑asset trading experience would be preferable (particularly derivatives). The trading team is a critical cog within the firm’s investment process. Sitting within this team, and reporting into the Head of Trading, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the timely and efficient execution of the orders received from the Portfolio Managers and various systematic models.

The team is an integral part of the feedback loop in improving strategy performance by enhancing execution performance. You will gain exposure to the full range of asset classes and markets associated with global macro/quant/Long‑Short Equity strategies. The team places a strong emphasis on technological development and is actively involved with the enhancement of our OMS/EMS platform. This role offers the potential for significant growth in responsibility.

• Trading from instructions given by our investment strategy team
• Trading within regulatory restrictions (where applicable)
• Booking trades in portfolio management system
• Provide Portfolio Managers with information about market sentiment, trading environments, volume and price volatility
• Monitoring of execution costs and slippage vs. models
• Liaise with investment strategy team on new assets, strategies and products
• Assist in some internal management reporting metrics
• Communicate effectively with Portfolio Managers and external counterparts

• Educated to bachelor’s degree level or higher
• Highly numerate, detailed and with a strong interest in finance and economics
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (prior coding experience useful)
• Experience on a trading desk within a top‑tier bank or blue‑chip hedge fund trading both electronically on exchange and OTC
• Exposure to trading derivatives essential
• Ideally with expertise in at least one asset class while also demonstrating a willingness to learn other products
• Familiarity with trading systems, able to demonstrate improvements to processes and/or automate to create efficiencies
• Has an analytical mindset
• Able to communicate clearly, accurately with brevity

We care about your financial, physical and emotional well‑being, and have created a generous and comprehensive, yet flexible benefits offering for all employees. This includes subsidised lunches, a competitive pension plan, hybrid and flexible working practices, private GP and healthcare, professional development options, clubs and wellness activities during working hours, and accommodating support for working parents.

We strive to ensure that opportunities to work and develop at Fulcrum are open to all. We believe in the potential of everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic background, or any other specific characteristic. We are committed to conscious inclusion that facilitates a culture of belonging. We believe the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we become.

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